The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 1
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Chapters (45)
- PREFATORY NOTE
- CONTENTS
- ANNOTATIONS UPON RELIGIO MEDICI
- THE ANNOTATOR TO THE READER
- ANNOTATIONS UPON RELIGIO MEDICI
- THE FIRST PART
- THE SECOND PART
- A Letter sent upon the information of Animadversions to come forth, upon the imperfect and surreptitious copy of Religio Medici, whilst this true one was going to Press.
- TO THE READER
- RELIGIO MEDICI
- THE SECOND PART
- PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA OR ENQUIRIES INTO VERY MANY RECEIVED TENENTS AND COMMONLY PRESUMED TRUTHS
- TO THE READER
- THE POSTSCRIPT
- THE FIRST BOOK OR GENERAL PART
- CHAPTER I Of the Causes of Common Errors.
- CHAPTER II A further Illustration of the same.
- CHAPTER III Of the second cause of Popular Errors; the erroneous disposition of the People.
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V Of Credulity and Supinity.
- CHAPTER VI Of adherence unto Antiquity.
- CHAPTER VII Of Authority.
- CHAPTER VIII A brief enumeration of Authors.
- CHAPTER IX Of the Same.
- CHAPTER X Of the last and common Promoter of false Opinions, the endeavours of Satan.
- CHAPTER XI A further Illustration.
- THE SECOND BOOK Of sundry popular Tenets concerning Mineral, and vegetable bodies, generally held for truth; which examined, prove either false, or dubious.
- CHAPTER I Of Crystal.
- CHAPTER II Concerning the Loadstone.
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV Of Bodies Electrical.
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII Of some Insects, and the properties of several Plants.
- THE THIRD BOOK Of divers popular and received Tenets concerning Animals, which examined, prove either false or dubious.
- CHAPTER I Of the Elephant.
- CHAPTER II Of the Horse.
- CHAPTER III Of the Dove.
- CHAPTER IV Of the Bever.
- CHAPTER V Of the Badger.
- CHAPTER VI Of the Bear.
- CHAPTER VII Of the Basilisk.
- CHAPTER VIII Of the Wolf.
- CHAPTER IX Of the Deer.
- CHAPTER X Of the King-fisher.
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